Jurassic Night by Moon

[iceman]

This panorama (cropped to 3:2) was captured during my recent trip to Coonabarabran in mid-September. I had originally captured 8 frames, but 3 of them were unusable because of blurriness – the gale force wind we had to deal with shook the tripod around a bit!

Lucky there was enough coverage to get a usable panorama in just the 5 remaining frames. The bright Moon was out of frame pretty much straight above my head – lighting the unique landscape.

The view of the landscape from the Siding Spring Observatory is out of this world, especially after the tragic fires earlier this year. The Warrumbungle Mountains look quite prehistoric, jurassic – especially with the burnt and regrowing foliage.

Venus is the brightest 'star' to the middle right of the sky.

- Large (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/download/518)
- Blog (http://www.mikesalway.com.au/jurassic-night-by-moon/)

Canon 6D, 14mm, ISO6400, 30s exposures, f/2.8. Stitched using Microsoft ICE and processed in Photoshop.

Thanks for looking!

[Larryp]

Spectacular photo, Mike!

[Dennis]

Really nice Mike, love the scene and the processing. That would make an excellent Sci-Fi movie poster!

Have you considered cloning out the man-made stuff, such as the viewing platform and distant lights?

Cheers

Dennis

[gregbradley]

Thats a super image Mike. I like that a lot.

Greg.

[Rod771]

Very Nice Mike! :thumbsup:

I was wondering how you would go on this trip, given the moon phase at the time. The foreground looks great and there's still very nice detail in the sky.

Was this taken with the Samyang or the Nikon?

[blink138]

wow thats a beauty mike, such a calm picture despite the gale force winds that you mentioned
thanks for my new desk top background!
pat

[Octane]

Such awesome terrain and light. Like this one a lot!

Is this publicly-accessible, or do you need to know the people up there to be allowed on site?

H

[multiweb]

Unreal shot! :thumbsup: It does have that feel. From the fauna I'd say early cretaceous.

[iceman]

Thanks Larry!




Thanks Dennis, appreciate the feedback. I hadn't really considered but I can see what you mean now. It would make it more jurassic by eliminating the non-human elements ;)




Cheers Greg, much appreciated.




Thanks Rod. The Moon certainly wasn't ideal and eliminated any chance of capturing the Milky Way, but it certainly gave some unique light to the landscape.

This was with the Nikon 12-24.




Thanks Pat, appreciate the comments.




Cheers H! I reckon as long as you email someone first it shouldn't be a problem. Even Pete from iTelescope or someone would be able to give you the ok. The area is 'public' though there's a gate at the bottom of the mountain. I don't know if it's ever closed though. Pete would be able to tell you.




haha thanks Marc. I'm sure Dorothy would've been right at home here :)

[Octane]

Thanks, Mike.

It's been a good 6 years since I've been out that way.

Might be worth a weekend trip soon. :)

Again, lovely image!

H

[iceman]

Certainly worth a trip, H. Only took 6 hours from my house and it was an easy drive.

[strongmanmike]

This is an eeire image :scared2: but beautiful at the same time Mike

Nice work...bit of a sad view too I guess :sadeyes:

Mike

[iceman]

Thanks Mike.

It was a scary and sad feeling as we drove up the mountain and saw how the fire had burned everything. It would've been so scary to be on the mountain that day.

[Ross G]

Beautiful photo Mike........like another world!



Ross.

[LewisM]

Actually, the main cloud in the image looks like a running dinosaur... :)

[ourkind]

Beautiful Mike really like this one!!

[iceman]

Thanks Ross and Carlos!